Robert Frederick Blum
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Robert Frederick Blum #5,858

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Selected Works45

Museum Acquisitions

Cleveland Museum of Art
Girl Reading
Girl Reading, 1883
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of a Girl
Head of a Girl, 1800
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Profile Head of a Japanese Girl
Profile Head of a Japanese Girl, 1879
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lagoon with Steamers and Gondolas
Lagoon with Steamers and Gondolas, 1885
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Half Nude Figure of a Man
Half Nude Figure of a Man, 1800
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Souvenir of Coney Island
Souvenir of Coney Island, 1880
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Venetian Canal and Boats, No. 8
Venetian Canal and Boats, No. 8, 1800
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Men and Donkeys, Rome
Men and Donkeys, Rome, 1880
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Venetian Canal and Bridges
Venetian Canal and Bridges, 1886
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
An Illustration
An Illustration, 1883
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Profile of a Girl
Profile of a Girl, 1800
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Etcher
The Etcher, 1882
Acquired 1920
etching
Cleveland Museum of Art
Monday Morning, Holland
Monday Morning, Holland, 1800
Acquired 1920
etching
Art Institute of Chicago
Souvenir of Coney Island
Souvenir of Coney Island, 1880
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Small Head
Small Head
In museum collection
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Girl Reading
Girl Reading, 1883
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
An Illustration
An Illustration, 1883
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Jennie Gerson
Jennie Gerson, 1880
In museum collection
Drypoint on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Half Nude Figure of a Man
Half Nude Figure of a Man
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Venetian Canal and Bridges
Venetian Canal and Bridges, 1886
In museum collection
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Wash Day
Wash Day
In museum collection
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Unfinished Landscape
Unfinished Landscape
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled (Girls Saying Grace)
Untitled (Girls Saying Grace), 1885
In museum collection
Etching on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Head of a Girl, Profile
Head of a Girl, Profile
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Head of a Girl
Head of a Girl
In museum collection
Etching on cream wove paper

Previous Sales

Christie's
Geisha at her Toilet
Geisha at her Toilet
$48,260
Jan 2026
Bonhams
Exteriors of Shops in the French Quarter
Exteriors of Shops in the French Quarter, 1879
$640
Mar 2025
Bonhams
Japanese Scene
Japanese Scene
$4,160
Aug 2023
Bonhams
Moods to Music
Moods to Music, 1894
Sold
Nov 2022
Bonhams
Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, New Years
Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, New Years
$5,100
Apr 2022
Christie's
A Venetian Canal
A Venetian Canal
$81,250
Jan 2022
Christie's
Venetian Gondoliers
Venetian Gondoliers
$1,142,500
May 2012
Christie's
Circus Ring at Night
Circus Ring at Night
$86,500
Nov 2011
Christie's
The Picture Book
The Picture Book
$218,500
May 2011
Christie's
Venetian Lace Makers
Venetian Lace Makers
$193,000
Nov 2007
Christie's
Woman in a Gondola with San Giorgio Maggiore in the Background (In the Gondola)
Woman in a Gondola with San Giorgio Maggiore in the Background (In the Gondola)
$85,000
Nov 2007
Christie's
Fishermen at a river's edge, Holland
Fishermen at a river's edge, Holland
$19,200
Mar 2005
Christie's
Kabuki Dancers
Kabuki Dancers
$9,560
Mar 2004
Christie's
A Spanish Water Carrier (Toledo)
A Spanish Water Carrier (Toledo)
$17,925
Jul 2002
Christie's
Flora de Stephano, The Artist's Model
Flora de Stephano, The Artist's Model
$303,000
Nov 2001

For Sale

Wagner & St. Lifer · Artsy
Portrait Sketch of Hilah Drake
Portrait Sketch of Hilah Drake, 1880
Price on request
Oil on panel
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Untitled
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, California, United States · Acquired 1998 · Accession 1998.50.15 · oil on panel
SBMA, Bequest of Margaret Mallory
The Toilet
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1984 · Accession 1984.452.1 · Pastel on brown wove paper
Gift of Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz, 1984
View from the Artist's Window, Grove Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1976 · Accession 1976.340.2 · Oil on canvas
Gift of Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz, 1976
The Colonial Governor
Smithsonian American Art Museum · United States · Acquired 1971 · Accession 1971.176 · wood engraving
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution
A Difficult Place
Smithsonian American Art Museum · United States · Acquired 1971 · Accession 1971.160 · etching
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution
Spring Landscape
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1967 · Accession 67.155.6 · Pastel on sandpaper
Bequest of Susan Vanderpoel Clark, 1967
Portrait of the Artist
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1934 · Accession 34.34.1 · Etching (and drypoint?), printed with plate tone
Gift of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1934
The Hag
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1934 · Accession 34.26 · Etching
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
A Modern Day Etcher: William Merritt Chase in His Studio
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1934 · Accession 34.34.2 · Drypoint
Gift of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1934
Girl Reading
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1920 · Accession 1920.1965 · etching
Gift of the Cincinnati Museum Association
Head of a Girl
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1920 · Accession 1920.1314 · etching
Gift of the Cincinnati Museum Association
Profile Head of a Japanese Girl
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1920 · Accession 1920.1313 · etching
Gift of the Cincinnati Museum Association
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Market106 auction results

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$4.2K – $1.1M
3 of 4 paintings lots with prices
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$409K
Object-type specific
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$42.7K
3 priced paintings lots
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Aug 2023 · $4.2K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $42.7K medianWorks on paper: $5.1K medianUnclassified lots: $1.4M median
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Christie'sSotheby'sBonhamsSkinnerTrinity International Auctions
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death
Robert Frederick Blum dies
Jan 1, 1903
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birth
Robert Frederick Blum born
Jan 1, 1857